Written By: 孙智谦 on February 9, 2010 No Comment
Increase your exposure to Chinese with PPStream

 

 

To learn a language effectively, nothing beats total immersion. The problem is that many learners of Chinese don’t live in an area where total immersion is practical or even possible, so a lot of learners help themselves along by watching Chinese TV shows. But in many countries, very few markets have Chinese TV [...]

Written By: 孙智谦 on February 8, 2010 One Comment
Fill in your conversational Chinese gaps a bit

 

 

It seems like the longer you study a language, the harder it becomes to improve in your ability to speak it. You get into a rut where you’re comfortable talking about certain subjects, and that’s what you talk about, so you hit a plateau. It’s really easy to get stuck on these plateaus [...]

Written By: 孙智谦 on October 28, 2009 2 Comments
Wang Li Hong:  So much talent, it makes you sick

 

 

It’s always interesting to find out how creative people get started creating their works of art, what drives them in their craft, and how their personal creative process works. I came across this article and interview about Wang Li Hong/Leehom Wang on Berklee University’s web site this morning, and I thought I’d [...]

Written By: 孙智谦 on October 21, 2009 5 Comments
Top 10 Reasons to Learn Cantonese

 

The awesomeness that is Hong Kong: Reason enough to learn Cantonese.

 

A friend of mine just sent me a link to a New York Times article about how Cantonese is slowly dying out in New York’s Chinatown. I couldn’t help but get a little sad reading it. Sure, it’s a ridiculously difficult [...]

Written By: 孙智谦 on July 15, 2009 No Comment

 

Electric Shock: not as effective as once thought…by people who don’t bother to check things out scientifically

 

Way back in 2007, I blogged about a government-sanctioned program at a hospital in China trying to cure people of Internet addiction using electric shock therapy. Well, apparently the government has had a change of heart. [...]

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